NASA Set to Decommission International Space Station by 2030
By Fox 35 // November 25, 2023
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(FOX 35) – The International Space Station is celebrating its 25th year in orbit this week, but its time is running out.
NASA says the station will need to be decommissioned by 2030, and the race is on to figure out what’s next.
For 25 years, the floating lab has been a space for science and a home for hundreds of astronauts.
“I never would have imagined what it would accomplish, so certainly it will be sad to see it go,” said Dr. Don Platt who runs the Spaceport Education Center at Florida Tech.
Decades ago, Platt helped build parts of the 356-foot-wide laboratory, and NASA is ready for something new by the next decade.
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